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Virucidal Efficacy of Laundering
Viruses contribute significantly to the burden of infectious diseases worldwide. Although there are multiple infection routes associated with viruses, it is important to break the chain of infection and thus consider all possible transmission routes. Consequently, laundering can be a means to elimin...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9503802/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36145425 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11090993 |
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description | Viruses contribute significantly to the burden of infectious diseases worldwide. Although there are multiple infection routes associated with viruses, it is important to break the chain of infection and thus consider all possible transmission routes. Consequently, laundering can be a means to eliminate viruses from textiles, in clinical settings well as for domestic laundry procedures. Several factors influence the survival and inactivation of microorganisms, including viruses on hard surfaces and textiles. Therefore, textiles should be regarded as potential fomites. While in clinical and industrial settings laundry hygiene is ensured by standardized processes, temperatures of at least 60 °C and the use of oxidizing agents, domestic laundry is not well defined. Thus, the parameters affecting viral mitigation must be understood and prudently applied, especially in domestic laundering. Laundering can serve as a means to break the chain of infection for viral diseases by means of temperature, time, chemistry and mechanical action. |
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spelling | pubmed-95038022022-09-24 Virucidal Efficacy of Laundering Merettig, Nadine Bockmühl, Dirk P. Pathogens Review Viruses contribute significantly to the burden of infectious diseases worldwide. Although there are multiple infection routes associated with viruses, it is important to break the chain of infection and thus consider all possible transmission routes. Consequently, laundering can be a means to eliminate viruses from textiles, in clinical settings well as for domestic laundry procedures. Several factors influence the survival and inactivation of microorganisms, including viruses on hard surfaces and textiles. Therefore, textiles should be regarded as potential fomites. While in clinical and industrial settings laundry hygiene is ensured by standardized processes, temperatures of at least 60 °C and the use of oxidizing agents, domestic laundry is not well defined. Thus, the parameters affecting viral mitigation must be understood and prudently applied, especially in domestic laundering. Laundering can serve as a means to break the chain of infection for viral diseases by means of temperature, time, chemistry and mechanical action. MDPI 2022-08-31 /pmc/articles/PMC9503802/ /pubmed/36145425 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11090993 Text en © 2022 by the authors. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Review Merettig, Nadine Bockmühl, Dirk P. Virucidal Efficacy of Laundering |
title | Virucidal Efficacy of Laundering |
title_full | Virucidal Efficacy of Laundering |
title_fullStr | Virucidal Efficacy of Laundering |
title_full_unstemmed | Virucidal Efficacy of Laundering |
title_short | Virucidal Efficacy of Laundering |
title_sort | virucidal efficacy of laundering |
topic | Review |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9503802/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36145425 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11090993 |
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